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Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS)



High Resolution Scanned Products

Contents: New York City - 1966 image

(New York City - 1966)
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Product Description

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observations and Science (EROS) has archived thousands of rolls of film containing several million frames of historical aerial and satellite photographs dating back to the 1930's gathered from various Federal agencies. This archive includes the rather well known, often utilized NHAP and NAPP film, but the largest portion of this archive consists of original film acquired in support of the USGS 1:24,000 topographic quadrangle map series, taken during the 1940s through the 1970s. Most of this photography is reasonably large scale to support the production of the quadrangle maps.

USGS EROS has implemented a high-resolution digitally scanned product. The high-resolution files are created at approximately 1200 dpi with an output image size of around nine inches square. The file sizes are approximately 120 megabytes for black and white images and 360 megabytes for color images and are stored in TIFF format. The high-resolution files are produced on either a Zeiss Precision Scanner using a PHODIS Photogrammetric Image Processing System or a Leica Geosystems DSW600 Digital Scanning Workstation.

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Prices

A per frame scanning fee is charged.

    Image Type Price Per Image
    Black and White (B/W) $24.00
    Color-infrared (CIR) & Color $24.00

In addition, a Media Processing Charge is assessed.

    Media Type Price Per Media
    FTP (one image per FTP) (B/W) $30.00
    CD-Rom (one image per CD) $45.00
    DVD (up to 10 images per DVD) $60.00

The maximum stacking limits (the number frames can fit on a particular CD or DVD media) for the High Resolution Scanned Products will vary. The stacking limits are based on three criteria: Film Source Size, Micron Size and Film Image Type (B/W or Color/CIR). See the Media Processing Fee link below or the individual collection product page for further details.

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Search & Order

High Resolution Scanned products can be searched and ordered on Earth Explorer for the following data collections:


Other sources for searching and ordering:

Businesses that can provide printed images from USGS digital data.

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